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At present, the baby black storks have just grown up and are leaving the nest to learn to forage. The Beijing Black Panther Wildlife Conservation Station has monitored a total of 13 black stork babies in the Juma River and Dashi River basins in Fangshan District. Most of them are in good health and growing well.

Station manager Li Li said that around July, the young black storks began to leave the nest and learn skills under the guidance of their parents. The station installed infrared cameras by the river to observe the black storks' foraging and health. According to monitoring, a total of 13 young black storks survived in four bird nests by the Juma River and Dashi River this year. The camera captured some cute "headshots" of the black stork babies.

Several heavy rains not long ago made the main river water turbulent and not as clear as before, which affected the black storks' foraging to a certain extent. But the black storks are very smart and will fly to the tributaries deep in the canyon, where there are plenty of frogs, lizards, fish and shrimp. "After the heavy rain last year, some black stork families moved to Hebei and Miyun and Pinggu in Beijing. Now, these families that moved away are also moving back to Fangshan one after another." Li Li said.

In addition, a black stork baby died of natural causes in Nest No. 2 by the Juma River this year. "There are a total of four chicks in Nest No. 2, and the one that died was the weakest," said Li Li. It was the smallest and had no obvious external injuries. It was initially judged that the black stork parents followed the laws of nature and gave up on their own initiative.

(Photo courtesy of the Black Panther Wildlife Conservation Station)

Source: Beijing Daily Client

Reporter: Zhu Songmei

Process Editor: u028